Lunchmoney
The Torque Meister
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It's been cold here for the last few mornings (sub zero) and my car has been giving me grief and take several attempts to start.
I turn the key, let the fuel pump prime (an Impreza thing), leave it for 6-7 seconds then crank. Engine starts, flutters and dies. Like it was starved of fuel.
After 3 or 4 more attempts it gets going and I start on the process of defrosting/scraping the windows.
A cursory search on the ol' Google brings back pages of everyone saying it is the battery. It must be the battery, it's winter and they don't like the cold; it must be failing. Get a new battery!
It isn't my battery. It's 3 months old.
Now I accept there is a drain on my battery with the tracker, alarm & immobiliser, dashcams, plus the usual car stuff. However when I had problems with the battery (which was 9 months old) a few months ago I had my mechanic run drain tests and there was no real significant drain that would cause a battery to die over night (they stated it would take a couple of weeks to lose enough charge to not be able to crank). This led us to testing the 9 month old battery and found it be a bit faulty and was replaced; hence 3 month old battery now. This battery was tested and is fine.
There is nothing wrong with my battery. Plus the starter motor is doing it's thing and the engine is turning over and trying to start.
Thoughts? Questions?
I could film it tomorrow (though sod's law says it will start first time tomorrow) and post if that would help?
It's been cold here for the last few mornings (sub zero) and my car has been giving me grief and take several attempts to start.
I turn the key, let the fuel pump prime (an Impreza thing), leave it for 6-7 seconds then crank. Engine starts, flutters and dies. Like it was starved of fuel.
After 3 or 4 more attempts it gets going and I start on the process of defrosting/scraping the windows.
A cursory search on the ol' Google brings back pages of everyone saying it is the battery. It must be the battery, it's winter and they don't like the cold; it must be failing. Get a new battery!
It isn't my battery. It's 3 months old.
Now I accept there is a drain on my battery with the tracker, alarm & immobiliser, dashcams, plus the usual car stuff. However when I had problems with the battery (which was 9 months old) a few months ago I had my mechanic run drain tests and there was no real significant drain that would cause a battery to die over night (they stated it would take a couple of weeks to lose enough charge to not be able to crank). This led us to testing the 9 month old battery and found it be a bit faulty and was replaced; hence 3 month old battery now. This battery was tested and is fine.
There is nothing wrong with my battery. Plus the starter motor is doing it's thing and the engine is turning over and trying to start.
Thoughts? Questions?
I could film it tomorrow (though sod's law says it will start first time tomorrow) and post if that would help?